Starting up again..

Washington D.C. - So after a bit of a hiatus, ok maybe an incredibly long one, I'm going to give this another try. Another shot and hope I can keep up with it. I'm not quite sure who, if anyone would want to read this but here goes nothing.
Right now I'm in Washington D.C. for the AT&T National Hosted by Tiger Woods and the first round is in the books. Defending champion Anthony Kim shot a course record 62 (which at Congressional C.C. really says a lot) and he's got Tiger Woods right on his heels; only 2 strokes back. You couldn't ask for anything more. Well maybe for it to be Sunday and coming down the stretch with the two neck-and-neck. Now that's great TV.
So since the last post...I've completed a great football season with a balanced mix of NFL and NCAA games, including the always classic Army-Navy match-up and even the Gator Bowl. I worked an abbreviated college basketball season with stops in Lexington, KY, Scottsdale, AZ and Seattle, WA before working an exciting March Madness in both Miami and Indianapolis. I've started another PGA season with an always fun West Coast swing and a great Masters before hitting the road around the country. Perhaps one of the best ways to recap 2008 was that I was fortunate enough to be part of a nomination and win a Global Media Award for our work on the Masters last year. It was definitely a great accomplishment and something I'm very proud of. So that's the past year of work in a nutshell. We're a little more than half way through this year's PGA Tour and then we're starting to gear up for an NFL season in which we broadcast the Super Bowl again. So here we go and here I go, as the traveling circus known as our crew moves on.

And so it begins

Week 3 of the NFL is behind us now and its shaping up to be an interesting season to say the least. We're looking at a Tom Brady-less Patriots team (who now no longer can go undefeated), Brett Favre in an AFC green jersey and a mix of who might actually be good and who really is bad. I've been to Tennessee, Jacksonville and most recently Atlanta so far before getting a week off and heading to Dallas this Sunday for a UTEP @ SMU women's soccer game for CBS College Sports. A change of pace but then its off to Miami the following weekend to get back into the NFL mode. And that, will definitely be a great weekend.

A new road begins

With golf in the rear view mirror, its on the NFL season. Week 1 is this weekend and I can't wait to get started. It's a major change of pace and one that is very welcomed right now. The atmosphere surrounding football games is something incredible. The fans, the players, the stadium, the town, it's all something fun to just sit back and take in. Plus one of the better factors is the lighter travel schedule. Fly in to town on Friday and out Sunday after the game. So now its off to Nashville this weekend for the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Tennessee Titans.

Let the countdown begin

Paramus, NJ - The Barclays and our last golf tournament of the year. It feels like just yesterday we were out on the west coast with a whole year ahead of us. Now we're in the final stage with the end in sight. The FedEx Cup playoffs have begun, but for some reason, it doesn't have the magnitude or the air of importance that it was meant to have. Another Tiger-less field and a final week for us keeps us all looking ahead. We started the week off with our NFL Seminar and most of us are more pumped and excited about our week one assignments than anything else right now. It's all with good reason. The excitement and the atmosphere that surrounds NFL games brings out about something that is practically unheard of on the PGA Tour. Either way, its a good end to a fun year and we've already started looking ahead to San Diego and the Buick Invitational in January.

Lucky #13

A week off so I hit the road again. Off to San Diego to visit my college teammate and one of my best friends Joey and his lime tree. Yeah I know, but he really does have a lime tree growing in his front yard. A day at the beach in Coronado playing horseshoes, watching dolphins swim right in front of us, kicking a soccer ball around and just taking in way too much sun was a great time. Exactly what I needed as I unwind from the golf season and get ready to start the 2008 NFL season. A brief post for now but more to come as the weekend unfolds. Tomorrow holds a lot as we get ready to watch the EPL kickoff in the morning.

Glory's last shot...

So we're into day 2 of the PGA Championship and it wouldn't be right if we hadn't had some sort of weather delay. Round 1 was halted for a while yesterday because of lightning in the area, but fortunately play did resume last night. We're a little behind schedule right now (golf wise) but nothing we can't catch up to. I'm sitting here in one of our many, many broadcast trucks in our city of a compound. The 'beast' that is the PGA Championship grows every year and its incredible to see how large of a production this is. It's absolutely amazing and one of the best events on sports television to be a part of. With an uncountable amount of coverage every day, including late night shows, we've still got a long way to go.

The home stretch

So it begins. The home stretch of the PGA Tour for us. We're in Akron, Ohio this week for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. A small field, invite only tournament. Only the best are here for this event. The long hours this week are going to be rough, but nothing compared to what we're in for next week. It's off to Detroit next week for the PGA Championship and an incredible amount of hours on the air. In the end, despite all the long hours and the massive amount of work, it's great to be a part of some of the best broadcasts on TV.